From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner PART OF THE FARCE was that for the first time in my life that year in New York, I started going to church regularly, and what was farcical about it was not that I went but my reason for going, which was […]
From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr It is not that suffering or failure might happen, or that it will only happen to you if you are bad (which is what religious people often think), or that it will happen to the unfortunate, or to a few in
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From “Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life” by Henri Nouwen with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird By exercising spiritual understanding, we come to see more clearly and hear more deeply the mysterious interconnectedness of all things (what the desert fathers called theoria physike – a vision of how things hang together). Discernment
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From “Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds” by Mark W. Schaefer Malcolm Gladwell brings the Matthew Effect to popular attention in his book Outliers, which I warmly recommend. Gladwell blows apart the fanciful notion of rags-to-riches success. “People don’t rise from nothing. We do owe something
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Raising investment, changing careers, or leaving your city? Then you owe it to yourself to have coffee with 50 people. Read the free article here
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From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby One of the most common refrains in Scripture is the simple admonition, “Be not afraid.” Nearly one hundred uses of that phrase are found from Genesis to Zechariah in the Old Testament, and from Matthew to Revelation in
From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant Dormant ties offer the access to novel information to novel information that weak ties afford, but without the discomfort. As Levin and colleagues explain, “reconnecting a dormant relationship is not like starting a relationship from scratch. When people reconnect, they still have
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From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming it, enlarging it. But I have always wanted to think my own thoughts about a subject without being overly influenced by what others have thought
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From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown For more than four hundred years, a vibrant Quaker commitment to the mystical practice of silence has persisted. Many people remain unaware of the contributions of Quakers to American history and religion. Staunch promoters of the “still small voice,”
From Adam House The key to your success is not avoiding challenges; it is understanding what the challenge is, why it’s there, and how to overcome it. Let’s dive a little deeper into some of the common reasons …. Understanding these pitfalls can illuminate the path to success, highlighting the importance of strategic planning, team